Download: Clams Casino – “Instrumentals Mixtape 3”

NJ's beat making baddass ClamsCasino ends the year with Instrumentals Mixtape 3! Much like the last two mixtapes this third installment includes pretty much everything the producer has been involved with since dropping his second mixtape in June of 2012. What that means is thirteen tracks of which three are unreleased. Mike has also stated that this will be the last in the series but in my opinion that’s a bold statement that might be difficult to follow as forever is a very long time. DOWNLOAD

Video: Clams Casino Makes A Beat Live Day 1

Clams Casino has partnered up with HP computers to create a song via a live Youtube streaming event using his HP Split X2 laptop of course. The two day event started mid-day yesterday and will wrap up sometimes today. Helping Clams is Vic Mensa alongside several other session musicians and a live painter who is rendering various quotes from viewers who live tweet their suggestions for the track.

I watched about an hour and a half of the stream yesterday while it was occurring live and thought some of the suggested ideas worked well. Mensa can come off as a little annoying from time to time but it’s still an interesting concept that gives fans a peak into how clams works. Egyptian Cotton Y’all!

Listen: Nacho Picasso & Avatar Darko – “Vampsterdam” Full LP

Having already shared several tracks from the new joint project Vampsterdam, featuring Nacho Picasso and Avatar Darko, you should pretty much be in the loop on this one; but if not,  you can now stream/purchase the album below which boasts production from old and new friends of the duo including  Clams Casino, AraabMuzik, BlueSky Black Death, Cardo, Raised Byy Wolves, and more.

Listen: Nacho Picasso & Avatar Darko – “Smells Like Lean Spirit” Produced by Clams Casino

June 10 marks the release of NachoPicasso and Avatar Darko‘s joint album, Vampsterdam. So far we have shared the AraabMuzik produced “Vampire”  which was reason enough to get excited but throw in a name like Clams Casino, who produced “Smells Like Lean Spirit,” and things start to get serious if ya’ know what I mean? Check out the Seattle rappers doing their thing to the syrupy beat below…

Listen: DOOM & Clams Casino – “Bookfiend”

We start Monday off with an unexpected treat from an upcoming DOOM project on Lex Records. Clams Casino handles production on “Bookfiend”, lacing it with his trademark tone and feel, the results are, as expected, a natural fit for the two offbeat artists. Stream below…

Listen/Download: Captain Murphy – “Duality Mixtape”

Been a big week for free mixtapes as we get yet another one, this time from Captain Murphy, who we first heard on Flying Lotus‘ “Between Friends” with Earl Sweatshirt. The mystery man(Tyler The Crteator?) made his album debut today as promised with Duality. The truly excellent collection features the pitch-shifting MC spitting drug-induced lyrics over beats from the likes of TNGHT, the Alchemist, Madlib and others with guest appearances coming from Azizi Gibson, Jeremiah Jae and more. You can stream the epic 35-minute audiovisual experience,  that was created by Xavier Magot, and is most certainly NOT SAFE FOR WORK, over at Murphy’s website.

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Listen: Mikky Ekko – “Pull Me Down” (Prod. Clams Casino)

Clams Casino acts as a producer on “Pull Me Down,” from Mikky Ekko in which the NJ beat maker employs the gloomier side of his production style to a pop ballad.

Listen/Download: A$AP Mob – “Lord$ Never Worry”

A$AP Mob drops their Lord$ Never Worry Mixtape featuring the entire AS$AP crew and production from AraabMuzik, Clams Casino, Milo, Ty Beats and more. Guest Emcee's include Danny Brown, Fat Trel, Gunplay, Raekwon, and The Flat Bush Zombies. Download it HERE or stream it below...

Listen/Download: Clams Casino - "B-Sides"

Clams Casino has spent his morning releasing a bunch of b-sides from his recent Instrumental Mixtape, featuring material from Mac Miller, Havoc, Sha Stimuli, Squadda B and Lil B. Instead of posting them all as a package, he's releasing them as individual files, so head on over to his twitter page to catch them as they're free.

Below you'll find some of the tracks he's posted...

“Cold Feet” “Coldness” “Always Have A Choice” “23 Dollars”

Download: Clams Casino – “Instrumentals Mixtape 2”

Well this is a big surprise! NJ's beat making baddass Clams Casino just dropped Instrumentals Mixtape 2! It pretty much includes any work he’s been producing for hip hop artists since the first volume with some extra rare gems thrown in for good measure. Click HERE to download this must have.

Track list:

01 Palace [A$AP Rocky]

02 Wassup [A$AP Rocky]

03 Bass [A$AP Rocky]

04 The Fall (original mix) [The Weeknd]

05 Human unreleased

06 One Last Thing [Mac Miller]

07 Amor Fati (remix) [Washed Out]

08 Angels [Mac Miller]

09 Leaf [A$AP Rocky ft. Main Attrakionz]

10 Kissing on My Syrup [Squadda B]

11 Swervin' (remix) [XV]

12 Unchain Me [Lil B]

13 Born to Die (remix) [Lana Del Rey]

14 I'm God [Lil B]

Listen: BBC Radio 1’s Benji B Program With Guest DJ Clams Casino.

Clams Casino made a guest appearance on Benji B's BBC Radio 1 program yesterday for an hour and  twenty minutes of delicious tunes. Combined with Benji’s regular quality set Clams follows up with 25-minutes of his own in a mix he calls "The Evolution of Clams Casino". The "exclusive" mix includes some "VERY rare instrumentals" and is up for your listening enjoyment for the next 6 days HERE.

Listen: Joyce - "Keep The Lights On" (Clams Casino Remix)

The name Joyce might not sound familiar but chances are you have heard of her father. Well, you’ve at least heard her father’s work, as he (Mick Ronson) was a member of David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars band and also played with Van Morrison. Perhaps being in the music business paved the way for  his daughter, whose real name is Katherine Fussey, and has inlisted a remix by ClamsCasino. Clams’ production approach on her latest single, “Keep the Lights On” ends up sounding like M83 in my opinion, but that’s a good thing. Enjoy below…

Listen: Florence + the Machine - "Never Let Me Go" (Clams Casino Remix)

Clams Casino knows how to exude overwhelming amounts of emotion from his productions, which is why when we heard earlier today that he lent his remixing skills to the Florence and the Machine track "Never Let Me Go" we were all practically drooling in anticipation.  Thankfully, a couple of hours later the track was posted on Soundcloud (thru GorillavsBear).  Verdict: as good as it sounds on paper....stick around for the last bit.  The remix and original will see an official release through a Vinyl Factory x Island Records collab on 500 numbered limited copies of 180 gram white 12" vinyl with the above cover photo taken by Karl Lagerfeld. Listen to the Clams Casino's remix below:

Listen: Clams Casino – “Swervin” (Remix Instrumental)

NJ beat-maker Clams Casino dropped an unheard instrumental today on his Facebook. “Swervin” is a minimalist affair originally used as the backing to XV's mixtape Zero Heroes. Listen to or download below…

Video: DJ Gothy Jeff - "Getting Witchy Wit It"

Watch this mash-up video featuring scenes from various Will Smith movies/music videos and vocals from many of his rapping attempts layered untop of beats from Clams Casino, Salem and more.  This witchy mash-up was created by DJ Gothy Jeff, an alias for a well known producer whose other name we won't mention here.  Enjoy:

Video: A$AP ROCKY – “Wassup”

A$AP Rocky dropped his most professional looking video yet for his Clams Casino produced tune “Wassup”, If you recall the two worked together on the track “Bass” that we shared back in October. Rocky teamed up with VICE to shoot this clip inspired by Scarface and some of his other favorite films.

Credits:

VICE, Noisey and A$AP present
A.$.A.P Rocky: "Wassup" (Produced by Clams Casino)
A video by A$AP Rocky, Jacob Burghart and Andy Capper.
Assistant Producers: Clara Goldfarb, Dan Meyer
Executive Producer: Suroosh Alvi
Projections: Matthew Caron
Set Design: Olga Miasnikova, Austin Willis, Kristof Wickman
Lighting: Brad Marro, Jason DeJesus
Set Design: Kristof Wickman and Austin Willis
Assistants: Erin Carr, Adam Gong, Bernardo Garcia, Bryan Locke
Special thanks to: Ciel Hunter, Annette Lamothe-Ramos, Geno Sims, Bryan Leach and A.$.A.P Mob Worldwide.

Listen: Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (Clams Casino Remix)

Onomatopoeia favorite Clams Casino has come through with a rather distinctive reworking of Lana Del Rey's title track "Born To Die". 2011 was a big year for both of these artists so why not put them together and see what happens right? Enjoy below...  

BONUS:
I figured I might as well drop Woodkid's remix as well, for my money it's the better of the two.

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die [Woodkid Remix] by PurplePR

Onomatopeia's Best Music of 2011

Welcome to Onomatopoeia’s yearend best of 2011. While our first posts began only 6 months ago in June, we felt that half a year on the blogosphere warranted the mandatory best of list. Since this is our first in what will hopefully become an annual tradition we had to take some time to figure out some of the in’s and out’s on how we wanted to go about it all. After some discussion amongst the contributors we decided to go with individual lists of 13 rather than one communal list. Why thirteen? We figured one choice per month at twelve months in the year with an extra 13th choice for good measure.

Here is how we see 2011…

Listen: Washed Out – “Amor Fati (Clams Casino Remix)”

Several weeks ago we shared Washed Out’s “Call It Off” one of the unreleased B-sides from the release of single “Amor Fati” now we are happy to share a remix from the release this time in the form of a Clams Casino remix of the title track. I wouldn’t say this is the already classic Clams sound but you can definitely here him in there.

Listen: Asap Rocky - "Bass" Produced by Clams Casino

Asap Rocky’s new mixtape LiveLoveA$AP drops on Halloween, check out a new cut from the tape below “Bass” produced by the always awesome Clams Casino.